Dark Souls is coming back next year, not as a new game but as an official manga release. Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 3 will be published on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, extending a licensed series that has kept the world alive even as FromSoftware has largely moved on.
That date is what is driving the search now. Fans who have treated Dark Souls 3 as the endpoint of the trilogy still have a reason to pay attention, because this is a real return to the franchise in an officially licensed format rather than another round of sequel speculation. The new volume also gives readers a concrete marker to watch for after the earlier books, Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 1 - Humanity Lost in 2024 and Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 2 - Bonfire in July last year.
Dark Souls 4 remains one of gaming’s most argued-over hypotheticals, but the chances of it happening look slim. Hidetaka Miyazaki has said the studio is more or less finished with Dark Souls as an ongoing series, and fans and developers alike generally view the trilogy as a complete story. FromSoftware has already moved on to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Elden Ring and The Duskbloods, a PvPvE project for Switch 2 that is set to launch later this year.
That makes the manga revival notable on its own terms. It is a return to the universe without reopening the games, which is exactly why it matters to readers who still follow the brand closely. There is one catch, though: Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 3 is listed at 192 pages, but it does not yet have a title, and no cover image is available. Those details will have to come later, even if the release date is already locked in.
For now, the message is simple. Dark Souls may be finished as a game series in all but the most optimistic fan theories, but it is still not gone, and September 22, 2026 will put it back on shelves again.
